Brochure: RSO Music Director Finalist Season

Music Director Finalists Season SPRING / FALL 2022

Yaniv Attar

Scott Terrell

Andrew Crust

Tania Miller

Alastair Willis

Eric Garcia

Radu Paponiu

Yaniv Segal

Vlad Vizireanu

Music Director Finalists Season Spring 2022 Yaniv Attar Scott Terrell

Rhythm and Beauty The Great Gatsby FEBRUARY 12 Rachmaninoff and the MARCH 19 Hollywood Sound APRIL 30 Spring Love and Butterflies MAY 14 Shakespeare and the Silk Road

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Andrew Crust Tania Miller Alastair Willis

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Fall 2022 Eric Garcia Radu Paponiu Yaniv Segal

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Vlad Vizireanu

Brahms’s Fourth New Horizons Deconstructing Beethoven From the Mothership to the Underworld

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Yaniv Attar SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022

Rhythm and Beauty Arturo Márquez ������������ Danzon No. 2 Joaquín Rodrigo ����������� Concierto de Aranjuez Daniel Bolshoy, guitar

P.I. Tchaikovsky ������������ Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

These inspiring works combine exciting rhythms with some of the most beautiful melodies in the repertoire. The concert opens with the famous Danzon No. 2 by the Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. The focus will then move from Mexico to Spain with Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo, one of the most frequently performed instrumental concertos by a 20th-century composer. The program will close with Tchaikovsky’s iconic Symphony No. 4, nicknamed “Fatum” (fate). The nickname comes from the rhythmic figuration that ties the symphony together, reminding us of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (another symphony described as fate knocking on the door).

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SPRING 2022

Scott Terrell SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022

The Great Gatsby

John Harbison �������������� Remembering Gatsby, Foxtrot for Orchestra Florence Price �������������� Piano Concerto in One Movement Tengku Ahmad Irfan, piano Aaron Copland ������������� Quiet City E.W. Korngold �������������� Much Ado About Nothing Suite George Gershwin ��������� Gershwin in Hollywood

Harken back to the Golden Age of film with a blend of the rich musical jazz traditions of the early 20th century. The centerpiece of this concert is Florence Price’s Piano Concerto, a single movement work rooted in jazz and full of great melodies and rhythmic drive. Harbison’s witty and clever orchestration in Remembering Gatsby provides a tongue-in-cheek homage to the lost ‘20s era.

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Andrew Crust SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022

Rachmaninoff and the

Hollywood Sound

Max Steiner ������������������ Casablanca Suite Bernard Hermann �������� Psycho Suite for Strings Nino Rota ��������������������� Godfather Suite Joe Hisaishi ����������������� Symphonic Variation “Merry-Go-Round” from Howl’s Moving Castle E.W. Korngold �������������� Finale from Robin Hood Suite Sergei Rachmaninoff ���� Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 Wei Luo, piano

What is the “Hollywood Sound”? Where did it come from and how did it evolve?

From Steiner’s Casablanca to Hermann’s Psycho, Hisaishi’s Studio Ghibli films to John Williams’ Star Wars—the sound of film is varied and complex. The great orchestral film composers from the Golden Age of Cinema to today have drawn inspiration from classical composers such as Rachmaninoff, Holst, Korngold, Mahler, and Ravel. This program features film classics alongside the romantic, powerful, and songful Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, performed by international superstar Wei Luo.

SPRING 2022

Tania Miller SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022

Spring Love and Butterflies W.A. Mozart ����������������� Symphony No. 35 in D Major (“Haffner”), K.385 He Zhanhao ����������������� Butterfly Lover’s Concerto Michèle Lekas, violin, concertmaster John Williams ��������������� The Chairman’s Waltz from Memoirs of a Geisha Aaron Copland ������������� Appalachian Spring Johann Strauss ������������ Blue Danube Waltz

Copland’s beloved Appalachian Spring captures the American pioneer spirit of hope with his ballet about a newlywed couple building a new home in Pennsylvania. Love is in the air with John William’s Chairman’s Waltz and the tragic story of the Butterfly Lovers told through tender and poignant music. We celebrate the newness of spring with the freshness of Mozart and the renewal of nature with Strauss’s Blue Danube.

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Alastair Willis SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2022

Shakespeare and the Silk Road Colin Jacobsen ������������ Ascending Bird Dinuk Wijeratne ������������ Concerto for Tabla Sandeep Das, tabla Sergei Prokofiev ����������� Romeo and Juliet Suites

The concert begins with two Silk Road favorites: Ascending Bird, which is a fantastic, rhythmic, infectious piece for strings and percussion, and Dinuk Wijeratne’s Tabla Concerto with its unique, engaging, cross-cultural blend of sounds. Concerto for Tabla will be brought to life by one of the most virtuosic tabla performers, Sandeep Das, who describes the concerto as, “simply the best Western classical piece written for my instrument.” In the second half, dance your way through Prokofiev’s timeless music inspired by Shakespeare’s immortal tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.

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SPRING 2022

Eric Garcia SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2022

Brahms’s Fourth John Williams ��������������� The Cowboys Overture E.W. Korngold �������������� Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 Blake Pouliot, violin Johannes Brahms �������� Symphony No. 4 in E Major, Op. 98

John Williams, arguably the most renowned and prolific living film composer, captures the adventurous spirit and rugged landscape of the wild west in the 1972 motion picture The Cowboys. Renowned violinist Blake Pouliot joins us for Erich Korngold’s soaring Violin Concerto. Known for his lyrical film scores of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Korngold created a cinematic concerto that places our soloist in the spotlight. Brahms’s Fourth Symphony is a titan of the symphonic repertoire. In his final symphony, the composer weaves a musical narrative evoking both dramatic intensity and profound serenity delivering a concert finale of heightened emotion.

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Radu Paponiu SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

New Horizons Caroline Shaw �������������� Entr’acte Maurice Ravel �������������� Tzigane Vittorio Monti ���������������� Czardas (arr. Yang) The Animals ����������������� House of the Rising Sun (arr. Yang) The Beatles ������������������ Blackbird (arr. Yang) Charles Yang, violin and vocalist Antonin Dvořák ������������ Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

Folk music, improvisation, and birdsong are the three main themes of this program. Guest artist Charles Yang breaks the boundaries between musical genres in a most natural way. A recent quote in the Boston Globe stated that Charles “plays classical violin with the charisma of a rockstar.” His arrangements in this concert are fresh and inventive: the Czardas includes a blues solo and breakdown; in Blackbird the orchestra “improvises” in cells creating a rainforest like effect; and House of the Rising Sun has equally impressive solo vocals and violin parts happening at the same time. The concert culminates with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony, a cheerful work built from Bohemian folk music and inspired by the tranquil landscapes of the composer’s native land.

FALL 2022

Yaniv Segal SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2022

Deconstructing Beethoven L.v. Beethoven ������������� Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 Louise Farrenc ������������� Overture No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 23 Gabriel Prokofiev ��������� BEETHOVEN9: Symphonic Remix Gabriel Prokofiev, electronics

The timeless genius of Beethoven forced a reckoning on the musical world, one which we are still coming to terms with today. Composers who lived immediately after Beethoven, such as Frenchwoman Louise Farrenc, were deeply influenced by his aura and modeled their music in a “Germanic” style. Fast-forward nearly two centuries and we continue to marvel at Beethoven’s ability to shape time, harmony, and musical expectations, yet there are still novel ways to interpret his music. DJ and composer Gabriel Prokofiev (the grandson of Sergei Prokofiev) spins and remixes the elements of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony utilizing funk, electronics, and catchy club rhythms into his own contemporary and engaging vernacular.

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Vlad Vizireanu SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2022

From the

Mothership to the Underworld Mason Bates ���������������� Mothership Paul Dooley ����������������� Percussion Concerto Danielle Gonzalez, percussion James Horner & Hans Zimmer ������������ Music from Troy & Gladiator P.I. Tchaikovsky ������������ Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 George Enescu ������������ Romanian Rhapsody in A Major, Op. 11 No. 1

Originally commissioned by Michael Tilson Thomas for the YouTube Symphony, audience favorite, Mason Bates’ Mothership, is a 21st-century imagination of an orchestral scherzo. To complement the character and sound of Mothership is the world premiere of Paul Dooley’s Percussion Concerto. The first half closes with two pieces of battle music from the movies Troy and Gladiator—a powerful way to enter the underworld! The second half includes Tchaikovsky’s symphonic interpretation of the tragic tale of Francesca da Rimini, and George Enescu’s exhilarating Romanian Rhapsody.

FALL 2022

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